Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Exeland (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Exeland. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Exeland is located in Sawyer County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sawyer County: Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Douglas, Price, Rusk & Washburn.
Below are the counties that are near Exeland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Exeland:
- Sawyer County (The home county of Exeland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Exeland, with the one closest to Exeland listed first.
- Radisson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Radisson is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radisson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Couderay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Couderay is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couderay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- New Post
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- New Post is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Post
- Winter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Winter is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
- Reserve
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Reserve is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Chief Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Chief Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chief Lake
- Stone Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Stone Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake
- Little Round Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Little Round Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Round Lake
- Hayward
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hayward is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,352 people
- Phipps
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Phipps is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps
- Barron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Exeland, with the one closest to Exeland listed first.
- Rice Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rice Lake is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,498 people
- Haugen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Haugen is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haugen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Cameron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cameron is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,798 people
- Rusk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Exeland, with the one closest to Exeland listed first.
- Bruce
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bruce is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Apollonia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Apollonia is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apollonia
- Ladysmith
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ladysmith is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladysmith
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,054 people
- Port Arthur
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Port Arthur is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Arthur
- Tony
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tony is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Weyerhaeuser
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Weyerhaeuser is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyerhaeuser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Glen Flora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Flora is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Flora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Strickland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Strickland is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickland
- Conrath
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Conrath is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conrath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Ingram
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ingram is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Hawkins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hawkins is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Sheldon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sheldon is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Taylor County
- Jump River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump River is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jump River
- Washburn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Exeland, with the one closest to Exeland listed first.
- Birchwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Birchwood is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 426 people
- Nobleton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Nobleton is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobleton
- Madge
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Madge is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madge
- Earl
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Earl is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Exeland, see our County-by-County Page for Exeland.
Cemeteries Near Exeland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Exeland.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Exeland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Exeland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Exeland, with the one closest to Exeland listed first.
- Exeland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mennonite Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bellile Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Anns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Radisson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Blue Hills Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bruce Protestant Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Riverside Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northeast of Ladysmith.
- The Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ladysmith Cemetery
- Our Lady of Sorrows Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88824 <1>
- Apollonia Catholic Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Apollonia Protestant Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Servants of Mary Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (48 more) ...
- St. Peters Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Winter Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Exeland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Exeland.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Exeland, with the one closest to Exeland listed first.
- Reserve
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Reserve is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Lehigh
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lehigh is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehigh
- Nobleton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Nobleton is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobleton
- Rice Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rice Lake is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,498 people
- Canton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Canton is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Hayward
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hayward is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,352 people
- Haugen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Haugen is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haugen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Phipps
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Phipps is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Exeland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Exeland.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Exeland ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Exeland.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Exeland. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Exeland and those printed in the larger area surrounding Exeland.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of Exeland.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Exeland:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Sawyer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barron County
- Rusk County
- Taylor County
- Washburn County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Exeland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Exeland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |